The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1093: Battle of Revenge - Opening the Way in the Snow

Chapter 1093: Battle of Revenge - Opening the Way in the Snow

There are slow-tempered people and impatient people in this world.

Zhao Youcai was a very impatient person. If he made an appointment with someone to go hunting in the mountains at 8 o'clock, he would pack up before 7 o'clock and then wait at home.

When his companions met up with him at 7:30, Zhao Youcai complained that they were too late. In the past, Li Dayong would go along with him, and if they agreed to meet at 8 a.m. the next day, Li Dayong would come before 7 a.m.

But the one who went up the mountain with Zhao Youcai today was Zhao Jun. This kid ran back from Ma's house, and after entering the house, he saw Zhao Youcai gouging himself with his eyes.

Zhao Jun neither explained nor apologized. He just smiled at Zhao Youcai, then sat on the edge of the kang and started to tie his legs.

"Hurry up!" Zhao Youcai urged Zhao Jun unhappily, then took a semi-automatic gun from the wall and slung it over his shoulder.

At this time, Wang Meilan came in with a bag of flour filled with large pancakes. Seeing Zhao Youcai carrying a gun and a backpack, she couldn't help but frown and said, "Aren't you chasing my son?"

The "chase" that Wang Meilan mentioned is not the kind of chase that refers to a man chasing a woman or a woman chasing a man. This "chase" has the same meaning as "urge".

While Zhao Jun was putting on his leg wraps, Zhao Youcai put on his gun and stood aside waiting for Zhao Jun. This was a silent urging.

"Stop dawdling." Zhao Youcai reached out, took the big pancake and stuffed it into the bag he was carrying.

Wang Meilan rolled her eyes at him and said to Zhao Jun, "Son, why didn't you get us a big color TV? No one can watch it if we don't show it."

"Oh my!" Zhao Youcai interrupted Wang Meilan before Zhao Jun could, and said, "Let's talk about it when we get back. We are in a hurry to leave."

As he said that, Zhao Youcai walked out with his gun on his back. Before leaving, he waved at Zhao Jun and said, "You're so stupid!"

Zhao Jun curled his lips helplessly, wrapped the remaining leggings around his hands and stuffed them into his pocket, then stood up and said to Wang Meilan, "Mom, I'll fix the antenna for you when I get back."

At this point, Zhao Jun pointed to the back window and said, "We need to drill a hole in the window frame and then pass the wire through it."

"Ah...then don't worry." Wang Meilan glared out the window and whispered, "Your dad just said that he would let you turn on the color TV when you come back. Now that you're back, he's in a hurry to leave again."

Zhao Jun smiled and raised his chin slightly, advising Wang Meilan not to argue with Zhao Youcai.

"Son!" Wang Meilan saw Zhao Jun stuffing his leggings into his pocket and hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Can you put the leggings on?"

"Let's fight in the car." Zhao Jun raised his hand and waved it towards the front yard, saying, "Isn't my dad anxious?"

"What a day!" Wang Meilan glanced out the window. She had no choice but to go against Zhao Youcai all the time.

When Zhao Jun came out, Zhao Youcai had just let go of Erhei and Bailong, and was now standing in front of Qinghuhu's den, pulling the old dog.

Normally, hunting dogs would jump and run with excitement when they saw people getting dressed up for going up the mountain.

But after Zhao Youcai came out of the house, Erhei, Bailong and Huanglong were quite excited, while Heihu, Qinglong, Heilong and Qinghu were relatively indifferent.

Heihu and Zhao Youcai have been at odds with each other for a long time. He was not given wild boar meat after the work was done, he was beaten for his hard work in slaughtering the old cow, and she was taken away before she reached the top when she rode Hua Niuniu. Heihu has a lot of complaints about Zhao Youcai.

The Blue Dragon and the Black Dragon had fought with Zhao Youcai, but apart from the Zhao army, they had the same attitude towards Zhao Youcai, Li Baoyu, Li Dayong, Zhang Yuanmin, and Jie Chen. It's okay for me to go with you, or it's okay for you not to take me with you.

So, the two puppies didn't show much excitement.

As for the Green Tiger, it simply didn't look down on Zhao Youcai. Seeing Zhao Youcai first solved the two blacks, then released the white dragon, and then rushed towards it, the Green Tiger turned around and got into the doghouse.

It was too much to force a person to do something, but Zhao Youcai even wanted to force a dog to do something. He reached into the doghouse, grabbed one of the green tiger's front legs, and pulled it out of the doghouse.

Or maybe it’s that dogs are loyal. Dogs are rarely selfish or egoistic, especially the big stupid dogs as mentioned by people in Northeast China, which are the most human-like.

Even though he hated Zhao Youcai, when he was grabbed and dragged out by Zhao Youcai, Qing Lao Hu did not open his mouth to bite him.

Zhao Youcai held the green tiger with one hand and untied its chain with the other, muttering, "I spent a hundred bucks to buy you, why don't you come up the mountain and work for me?"

"Brother!" At this time, Li Dayong's voice came from the next yard. He called Zhao Youcai and asked, "Shall I spread the flowers for you?"

"Let go." Zhao Youcai replied to Li Dayong, and Zhao Jun also moved to free Hei Hu.

As soon as the chain around his neck was untied, the black tiger ran happily to the next door. He wanted to see Hua Niuniu, the girl he had been thinking about day and night.

"Ouch..." A light shout came from the gate of Li's courtyard. Zhao Jun heard it was Li Ruhai's voice, so he stopped and looked towards the door.

He was also curious and wanted to see what Li Ruhai looked like after being beaten by Li Dayong.

"Go! Go!" Along with the sound of Li Baoyu driving away the black tiger, Li Ruhai walked along the tent to the gate of Zhao's courtyard, revealing his true face.

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned when he saw it, because there were no scars on Li Ruhai's face, as if nothing had happened.

But when Li Ruhai walked, he no longer had the energy and vigor he used to have. He walked with his back bent and his head lowered.

Just as Zhao Jun was surprised, he heard Zhao Youcai shouting, "Don't let that dog go!"

"Huh?" Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai and saw Zhao Youcai pointing to his left. Zhao Jun looked to the left and saw the jumping Huang Long.

The dog had eaten meat several times since going up the mountain, and was slowly growing into a qualified hunting dog. On that day in Shitang, it teamed up with Hualong to perform a double-ghost knock on the door on the golden leopard, which was quite amazing.

But Zhao Youcai looked at Huang Long in the same way as Qing Lao Hu looked at him, and he couldn't even look at him with half an eye.

On the day when Zhao Jun and his companions went to Dongdagou to fish, Zhao Youcai led the Zhao hunting gang up the mountain to hunt. They brought all the dogs they could, but not Huang Long.

Zhao Youcai didn't want to bring it today, but Zhao Jun untied the chain around Huang Long's neck.

"It's okay, Dad." Zhao Jun had to give Zhao Youcai an explanation, so he said, "I'm leading it, it's not afraid."

Zhao Youcai glared at Zhao Jun and went to untie the chain that bound Black Dragon. At this time, Zhao Jun came to the west wall and whispered to Li Baoyu, "Didn't my uncle beat Ru Hai?"

"No." Li Baoyu asked in confusion, "Brother, why is my dad so angry?"

After looking at the silly boy, Zhao Jun didn't know how to explain to him, so he just asked, "My uncle is angry, why haven't you beaten him yet?"

Zhao Jun was just curious, but Li Baoyu shook his head and said, "I don't know. Anyway, my dad told him not to come back tonight and to stay in the mailroom. If he comes back, he will be beaten to death."

"Ah..." After hearing Li Baoyu say this, Zhao Jun knew why Li Ruhai was so listless.

At this time, Xie Chen came hurriedly. He drove the car, Zhao Youcai sat on the passenger seat, and Zhao Jun sat in the back car with Heihu, Erhei, Qinglong, Heilong, Bailong, Huanglong, Xiaohua and Qinglaohu.

At present, the little bear is still unable to fight, so its armor is temporarily lent to Huang Long. The eight dogs that went up the mountain today were all wearing armor.

After leaving Zhao's house, Xie Chen drove to pick up Wang Qiang first. On the way to Wang Qiang's house, Zhao Jun, who was sitting in the trunk of the car, saw Ma Yang.

It’s really strange. Li Ruhai, who should have been beaten, didn’t get beaten, but Ma Yang had a slap mark on his face.

"Hey!" Zhao Jun raised his hand and waved at Ma Yang, but when Ma Yang saw him, he turned his back, which surprised Zhao Jun.

Go to Wang Qiang's house, dig out the cannon eggs buried in the backyard of Wang Qiang's house and carry them into the car.

That day, Zhao Jun promised Jie Zhong that when he killed a wild boar, he would give one to them in the field to thank those farmers for saving Zhang Yuanmin's life.

As soon as Paodanzi got on the car, eight hunting dogs surrounded him instantly. But the wild boar was frozen hard, and the hunting dogs couldn't bite it.

After passing Jiezhong Lengchang, Jie Chen drove the car into the gate of Lengchang and honked the horn several times.

As soon as the horn sounded, Jie Zhong, Xing San and Yang Shuqiu all came out.

It was time to go to work, and they were the only three people idle in the field. Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai, Wang Qiang and Jie Chen all got off the car and helped get the wild boar to the cook's shack.

Zhao Youcai and Wang Qiang knew each other because Erhei had dealt with Xing San before, not to mention Yang Shuqiu.

Before Zhao Jun left, Xing San took out two large leather tubes from his shack and gave them to Zhao Jun.

This was the last time the old man sneaked back with a set of swindlers, and these two large skins were worth about two thousand yuan.

After coming out of Lengchang, Zhao Youcai gave directions from the car, and the car stopped by the side of the road at the foot of a mountain.

The four of them got off the car with the dog and walked up the sled road. After going over the top of the mountain and down the slope, they walked more than two miles down, passed through several pine trees, and then went down to the place where Zhang Yuanmin had set up the serial trap.

Not far down is the stone pond where Zhang Yuanmin fought his last battle. The Zhao army walked to the place where Zhang Yuanmin performed the dragging knife trick that day, and looked at the hunting dogs scattered in all directions, feeling uneasy.

After Zhang Yuanmin was sent down the mountain, Yong'an was hit by heavy snow. That day was Monday, and today is Saturday. Five days have passed, and it is probably difficult to search for footprints and smells.

"Let's go that way!" Zhao Youcai raised his hand and pointed to the southwest, calling Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang over and said, "Isn't that the explosives depot of the old section?"

"Yes!" Wang Qiang nodded and said, "There's no felling area over there now, right?"

"No more." Zhao Youcai said to Wang Qiang, "Qiangzi, you and Xiaochen go down the mountain, let him drive and you point the way, drive the car to the north of the foot of the mountain, then you two can go up from there and meet at the old explosives depot."

"Brother-in-law, then you and Xiaojun are going to dig over the mountain?" Wang Qiang asked, and Zhao Youcai nodded and said, "Well, I think it will go up there. There is a stone pond on the top. The two of us will lead the dog and walk this way. If we see it hiding in the warehouse halfway, we can also paddle it out."

After the black bear was frightened out of the barn, it ran towards the mountains and hills. But it snowed heavily on the day it left the barn, so it was not possible that the black bear would find a tree barn to hide in halfway.

"Okay!" After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Wang Qiang nodded and said, "Brother-in-law, if you guys are about to kill that black bear halfway, just shoot to call us. If we can't hear you, just stay and go down the mountain. After that, we'll wait for a long time, and then we'll go down."

"Uncle." At this time, Zhao Jun said, "You and my dad both have watches, so you two can set a time. When you can't see us, you two can go down the mountain."

After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhao Youcai and Wang Qiang both looked at their watches. It was just past nine o'clock and not even nine-thirty-five.

Zhao Youcai put down his hand, took out the bag of pancakes from his pocket, took out four pancakes and handed them to Wang Qiang, then said to him: "At one o'clock in the afternoon, if you two don't see us, you two go down the mountain. If you still don't see us after you go down the mountain, you two wait for us for a while. Anyway, the car is parked at the north end, so we must go there."

Normally, the two groups would meet at the old explosives depot that Zhao Youcai mentioned. If Wang Qiang and Jie Chen arrived within the specified time, but Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai did not, it would mean that they encountered prey on the way. If that happened, Wang Qiang and Jie Chen would not have to wait, and the two groups would simply go down the mountain and meet up next to the car.

After dividing the dry food, the four men split into two groups. Zhao Youcai called Erhei, and Zhao Jun called the other seven dogs. They took a detour around the stone pond and headed southwest.

The stone pond was impassable, as it was covered with snow and no one knew what was underneath. Even a blind bear could fall into it that day, let alone humans and dogs?

Arriving at the Southwest Mountain, the father and son continued their journey with the dog. As Zhao Youcai and Wang Qiang said, this mountain was once the site of an old construction section and had not been designated as a logging area in recent years. The mountain was covered with virgin forest.

The tall trees provide shade and protect against snow.

The Zhao family father and son walked up the mountain for about four or five hundred meters. In front of them was a hill with waist-deep snow.

All along the way we had been walking through logging areas, the leaders of each logging area organized people to clear the sled paths going up and down the mountain.

Since this mountain is not within the logging area, no one cares about it.

There was such heavy snow that the hunting dogs hesitated to move forward.

It's not that the dog is cowardly. It jumped onto the snow and sank directly, performing a trick of disappearing on the snow.

"I'll lead the way!" Zhao Youcai shouted softly, slung his gun over his shoulder, and stepped into the snow with his feet raised high.

After taking one step down, his entire leg was buried in the snow, and Zhao Youcai had to lift his other leg with great effort.

He moved forward like this, barely leaving two shallow pits in the snow. The Zhao army could still move forward by following his footprints, but the dogs couldn't.

The father and son walked about 120 to 130 meters in half an hour, and then Zhao Youcai found a big pine tree and sat under it to smoke and rest.

The crown of this big pine tree is strong and umbrella-shaped, protecting the trunk and making the snow under the tree slightly shallower. The hunting dogs rest and dig snow nearby.

"Fuck!" Zhao Youcai smoked a cigarette and glanced at the dogs, suddenly uttering a swear word.

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was startled, turned to look at Zhao Youcai, and thought: "Is he scolding me?"

"Oh my!" Zhao Youcai sighed again and looked at Zhao Jun and said, "You guys are just dogs, you have no experience. If Hua Xiao was here, I wouldn't have to lead the way."

Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Zhao Jun's mouth twitched and he said, "Dad, are you talking about the dog? Aren't you scolding me? I'll clear the way in a moment!"

"Who scolded you?" Zhao Youcai was very unhappy with Zhao Jun's behavior of picking up insults. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it into the snow and said, "You haven't seen it before. When Hua Xiao followed us up the mountain and encountered this big snow jar, it was always this one who led the way and cleared the way."

After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Zhao Jun turned around and stopped looking at him. Zhao Jun thought that what Zhao Youcai said was useless. Hua Xiao is gone, so what do you think he is doing?

"This dog." At this time, Zhao Youcai's eyes fell on Qinglong and Heilong who were snuggling together, and said, "They can work, but they are just young puppies."

"Dad, what you said is wrong." Zhao Jun defended him, "The Qinglong is only one year old, and the Black Dragon was a puppy back then, it's not bad at all."

Not only are these two puppies in the Zhao family's dog gang young, but Huanglong, Bailong and Xiaohua are all no more than three years old.

"I didn't say anything else." Zhao Youcai said, "Didn't I say they can work?"

At this point, Zhao Youcai suddenly set his eyes on Qing Lao Hu. At this time, the old dog was sitting under a tree knocking the ice off his feet.

This is just like a black bear that is startled out of its barn in winter. Its warm paws are covered with snow, which melts and freezes on the fur on the dog's paws. If the dog walks with this ice lump on its feet, it will hurt its feet, so it has to lower its head to break it into pieces and knock it off.

These dogs are usually kept at home. After it snows, there are people clearing snow in the yard, so they don’t step on snow. After they came up in the car, they walked all the way here. All the dogs have experienced this before. It’s just that the other dogs are young and can move around to make their blood flow freely. Only Qing Lao Hu is old and his blood circulation is not good. Until now, his blood has not flowed freely.

Suddenly, the green tiger felt something was wrong. It raised its head abruptly, and its pair of dog eyes met Zhao Youcai's small eyes.

At this time, Zhao Youcai was looking down at Qing Lao Hu. When his eyes met Qing Lao Hu's, Zhao Youcai saw Qing Lao Hu grinning, baring his teeth and making a "whooshing" sound at him.

"You still have the nerve to yell at me?" Zhao Youcai said unhappily, "That young puppy has no experience, and you have no experience either? I spent money on you for nothing!"

"Woof woof woof..." The green tiger suddenly jumped towards Zhao Youcai, jumped in front of Zhao Youcai and then retreated. It stood on the ground about one meter away from Zhao Youcai, stretching its neck and barking at Zhao Youcai.

"Go!" Zhao Youcai threw a punch at Qing Lao Hu. Qing Lao Hu turned around and jumped behind Zhao Jun, then went around behind Zhao Jun's legs and looked at Zhao Youcai from the other side.

"Alright, alright!" Zhao Jun saw this and hurried to stop the fight, saying, "Dad, let's go."

After saying that, Zhao Jun blew the whistle.

Hearing the whistle, the hunting dogs stood up one after another. But at this moment, the green tiger raised its head and roared loudly in the direction of the road.

As experienced hunters, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai knew that this was not the sound of a dog spotting prey. The reactions of other dogs also confirmed this.

As the green tiger roared, the other seven dogs looked at it, some wagging their tails and some holding their tails upright.

"Stop yelling!" Zhao Youcai shouted at Qing Lao Hu, and then said to Zhao Jun: "This time you lead the way!"

Zhao Jun put his gun on his back without saying a word and was about to leave. Just as he stuck his legs into the snow, a black shadow flashed by his side. When Zhao Jun looked, he saw the green tiger sinking into the snow.

"Hey?" Just as Zhao Jun was about to rescue the old dog, he saw the snow surface in front of the snow pit collapse slightly.

But at this moment, Qinglong jumped into the snow pit where Qinghu disappeared, followed by Black Dragon, Black Tiger, Erhei, White Dragon, Xiaohua and Yellow Dragon.

Then, the snow surface in front of them collapsed and formed a pit, which quickly extended into the distance. Soon, a road four or five meters long appeared in front of Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai.

(End of this chapter)